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Punk's Backyard Grill was a contemporary version of the classic American backyard cookout. Formerly open at the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, Maryland, Punk's Backyard Grill is a fast casual style restaurant, with counter ordering and food runners and bussers. The restaurant had a full liquor license, serving beer, wine, and specialty cocktails. The menu was created by Dean Maupin, currently the executive chef at the Clifton Inn in Charlottesville, VA. Dean was trained during a four-year apprenticeship at the esteemed Greenbrier Hotel.

Parole, a suburb of Annapolis, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,922 at the 2010 census. It is where several major roads intersect at the western edge of the state capital, Annapolis, and contains the Annapolis Mall, and a number of other large shopping centers, and the Anne Arundel Medical Center. It is generally considered to be part of Annapolis rather than a separate town. The neighborhood was named because it was a parole camp, where Union and Confederate prisoners of war were brought for mutual exchange and eventual return to their respective homes.

Three Mile Oak got its name because it was three miles from the Maryland State House. Prominent visitors were met at the tree, on the outskirts of Annapolis, and escorted into the city.

On June 28, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the offices of The Capital, a newspaper serving Annapolis, Maryland, United States. The gunman, Jarrod Ramos, killed five employees with a shotgun and injured two others who were trying to escape. Ramos was arrested shortly thereafter. He pleaded guilty but not criminally responsible to 23 charges; in July 2021, a jury found him criminally responsible.The Capital had published an article in 2011 about Ramos being put on probation for harassing an acquaintance from high school through social media and email. Ramos, angered by the article, brought a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper but a judge later dismissed the suit. Ramos is alleged to have sent enraged letters and messages to The Capital threatening to attack its newsroom and staff, but no legal action was taken after the threats were received.Capital Gazette Communications, owned by Tribune Publishing through its subsidiary the Baltimore Sun Media Group, publishes the daily newspapers The Capital and the Maryland Gazette and the weekly Crofton-West County Gazette. At the time of the shooting, its offices were located at 888 Bestgate Road in Parole, an unincorporated area of Anne Arundel County just outside Annapolis.

The Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) is a regional health system headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. In addition to the main campus in Annapolis, the group has outpatient pavilions in Bowie, Kent Island, Odenton, Easton and Waugh Chapel.

WNAV (1430 AM) is a radio station located in Annapolis, Maryland. It first went on the air on April 22, 1949, from studios at 89 West Street in Annapolis. Its first president and general manager was Albert H. MacCarthy. The full-service outlet still broadcasts at 1430 kilohertz, its original location on the AM dial. Owner Pat Sajak, the host of Wheel of Fortune, reached a deal to sell the station to local investors in October 2021. In December, the new management informed on-air staff that they would be let go at the end of the month.WNAV also uses an FM translator, W260BM, that broadcasts at 99.9 MHz. While primarily a locally originated station, syndicated programming heard on WNAV includes First Light. The station also airs the hourly CBS News Radio and is the flagship station for the United States Naval Academy's: Men's and Women's Lacrosse and Basketball teams, as well as the school's Baseball team. The station is also a broadcast affiliate for both the Baltimore Orioles baseball and Baltimore Ravens football teams. WNAV's weekly public affairs shows are the "1430 Connection," "Talk With" and the "Volunteer Voice." "The Boat Show" is a sponsored program that also airs weekly. Awards received by WNAV and its staff members include: Outstanding News Operation, Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2015Best Reporter (Finn Neilsen), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2015Outstanding Talk Show (Donna Cole for the 1430 Connection), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2015Multimedia/Online Journalism (Finn Neilsen), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2015Outstanding Public Affairs Show (Donna Cole for the 1430 Connection),Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2016Multimedia/Online Journalism (Emil Gallina), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2016Outstanding Year-Round Local Sports (Wiley Baker), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2016Outstanding News Operation, Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2016Outstanding Public Affairs Show (Jane Schlegel for Talk With), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2017Best Reporter (Jane Schlegel), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2017Baltimore Touchdown Club's Hall of Fame Media Person of the Year (Wiley Baker), 2018Outstanding News Operation, Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2018Outstanding Digital Feature Project (Donna Cole), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2018Outstanding Digital News Project (Donna Cole), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2018Multimedia/Online Journalism (Donna Cole), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2018Outstanding Enterprise Reporting (Donna Cole for A Banned Pesticide Killed 18 Bald Eagles), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2018Outstanding Spot News Reporting (Jane Schlegel and Brandon Simpson for Capital Gazette Shootings), Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2018Outstanding Year-Round Local Sports (Wiley Baker),Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association, 2018Dateline Award for Excellence in Local Journalism for Investigative Journalism (Donna Cole for What Killed the Bald Eagles), Society of Professional Journalists Washington, D.C. Pro Chapter, 2019WNAV celebrated its 70 anniversary in July 2019.

Bahlsin Yermoom is a historic home near Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed brick house with a hall-parlor plan. The building appears to have been constructed as early as 1760, with interior finishes renewed about 1840. Also on the property is a 19th-century frame corn crib.Howard's Inheritance was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Annapolis High School is an American high school located in the Parole census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, near Annapolis. It is part of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2013, Newsweek ranked Annapolis as one of the top 2,000 high schools in the country.

Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) is a public library system located in central Maryland. Established in 1921 as the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Public Library, Inc, the system now includes 16 locations throughout Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Weems Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is a tributary to the Severn River.Weems Creek is named after the Weems family, which settled near its course in the 1780s. A variant name is "Weem Creek".

The Martins Pond Archeological Site is an archaeological site near Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It is a Middle-Late Woodland period site, with lithic, floral, and faunal remains.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Iglehart is a historic home at Iglehart, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Greek Revival-style frame house with a gable roof, built about 1830. Its owner, Leonard Iglehart, served as a commissioner for the primary schools in Anne Arundel County from 1834 until 1838. He was also one of the six original commissioners of the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, which was incorporated by an act of the Maryland General Assembly in December 1836.Iglehart was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.